Argh.... Why do I always hear about things so late? Just talked to a tech from my biggest client (I'm a contract programmer by trade). Apparently, they were looking into getting a new phone system, 20 channels on a T1, 35 extensions, voice-mail, IVR, call-queue for a call-center. One of the techs was pushing an IP solution, but having been Altigen users for a while, the boss didn't want to hear about another "soft-pbx". They got raped by Nortel (I think) for about $20K + support. Boss wanted to have a "box that only does phone, which we can put in the closet and forget about".
I think the biggest hurdle Asterisk will face is overcoming the failed experiments such as Altigen, and the perception that a state-of-the-art PBX does not need maintenance. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Large Enterprises using asterisk > > > On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 10:16, Sunrise Ltd wrote: > > and "an effort to develop and maintain an open-source > telephony server > > for UNIX based operating systems including Linux and BSD." > [snip] > > I agree! This would be an excellent way to market Asterisk. We're > working with a marketing company at the moment to develop > marketing/sales materials and to generate interest in our > company. What > you've stated above about Asterisk sounds like a PERFECT way to sell > Asterisk to the masses. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
